>On the flip side, how does a physicalist tell victims of atrocities like rape warfare? That life is random, so don't take it so hard? While glossing over the f

>On the flip side, how does a physicalist tell victims of atrocities like rape warfare? That life is random, so don't take it so hard? While glossing over the fact that the evil people will probably never be brought to justice? Well, mostly, we try to bring the perpetrators to justice and provide rehabilitation for the victims. >But, really, how do you pity the religious when it's all involuntary chemicals and electrical impulses in their brains? Who said we pity them? Besides which, "involuntarily" doesn't mean that. Some of those chemicals and impulses are under conscious control, because they're the ones that implement conscious self-control. You are in fact affected by your experiences and can in fact change your beliefs, should you choose to.